Crowns, beauty, fried chicken: Korean culture meets diplomacy at APEC

This handout photo from APEC 2025 KOREA via Yonhap taken and released on November 1, 2025 shows South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung (C) posing for a group photo with leaders from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) in Gyeongju. (Photo by Handout / various sources / AFP)